[Commlist] CFP Quaderns del CAC issue 51 – Communication, health and well-being

CFP Quaderns del CAC issue 51 – Publication: February 2025

Communication, health and well-being

**Deadline: 7 October 2024**

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Quaderns del CAC is an electronic scientific journal on audiovisual 
communication published by the Catalan Audiovisual Council. Published 
annually, starting with issue 51, the publication date is brought 
forward to the month of February.

It is published entirely in three languages: Catalan, Spanish and 
English. The journal undertakes the correction and translation of the 
texts in the three languages.

Quaderns del CAC is a diamond open access journals with free access to 
their content and no article submission or processing charges to the 
authors. (no APC)

Besides the monographic theme, the journal has the miscellaneous section 
"Articles", which is always open to receive articles and in which you 
can participate with texts on ongoing research on communication and 
audiovisual culture.

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Monographic section issue 51. Communication, health, and well-being

Issue 51 of Quaderns del CAC devotes its monographic section to 
disseminating theoretical considerations and empirical studies on 
communication, health, and well-being.

Communication on health and well-being plays a fundamental role in our 
societies. On the one hand, this information can help raise awareness 
about risks and problems that directly affect our physical and mental 
health. On the other hand, the dissemination of scientific research 
promotes knowledge, an essential function; given that health 
communication is also affected by denialist and conspirator movements.

Quality health and well-being communication can benefit both social and 
personal life. For a health campaign to work or to explain the 
importance of following healthy behaviours there must be a receptive 
public opinion. In this respect, quality communication plays an 
essential role.

In this monograph, we want to collect scientific papers on the quality 
and social impact of the contents circulating on health and well-being. 
The aim is to collect proposals around information, entertainment, 
fiction, and persuasive communication.

The following is an indicative and open list of possible topics of interest:

-Science journalism. The social, economic, and technological contexts 
affect the quality of journalism today. Science journalism, which is 
especially relevant in health and wellness communication, is also affected.

-Audiences: Is there an interest in health issues? What sources of 
information do citizens use? What is the public opinion on health and 
well-being information? What challenges are involved in communication 
aimed at a multicultural society?

-Regulation and professional deontology in the treatment of health and 
well-being topics. To what extent do regulation and professional codes 
of conduct contribute to increasing the quality of communication? What 
are their strengths and weaknesses?

-News coverage of health issues, including mental health. What are the 
social imaginaries generated by news communication on health and 
wellness? Do they foster any stereotype or self-stereotype?

-Pseudoscientific and false information. Given the importance of 
communication on health and well-being, it is essential to know how, by 
whom, and through which channels spread pseudoscientific and false 
information, as well as its effects and its ability to influence.

-Gender-sensitive information. Society is beginning to debate the 
differences between men and women regarding symptoms of illnesses and 
responses to treatment, but how is this debate reflected in current 
communication?

-Information in health emergencies. Now that the pandemic caused by 
COVID-19 has overcome, it is of interest those in-depth works about how 
this health crisis was dealt with, in terms of information and, 
especially, those that provide ideas applicable to any emergency.

-Visibility of rare diseases. Do the media talk about rare diseases? 
Which diseases and in what depth?

-Informative content. In the history of television, informative programs 
on sex education have stood out, but we are interested in studies on 
current trends concerning themes and formats. Podcasting seems to be 
emerging as a good way of dissemination, but also video games.

-Persuasive communication around health, including institutional 
campaigns. We are interested in papers that suggest ideas on how 
communication can stimulate healthy habits. Of interest are articles on 
classic issues - such as the effectiveness of road safety campaigns - 
and emerging ones, such as how to tackle smoking or pornography 
consumption among young people.

-Fiction and medicine. Focused not only on studies of TV series based on 
health issues, the main plot of which takes place in hospitals, but also 
on how cinema and creative documentaries talk about health and well-being.

-The role of influencers. The digital environment broadens the scope and 
echo of content and allows for the interconnection of multiple voices. 
We are interested in studies that analyze what types of messages 
circulate well-being and health and what consequences or effects they 
have on people's lives, as well as work on the characteristics and 
profiles of influencers.

-The representation of older people in health and well-being 
communication. We are interested in papers that address this question by 
focusing on issues such as ageism or the prominence of youthful values 
in today's society.

-Communication on care and self-care. We are interested in the analysis 
of the communicative treatment of care and self-care in news content. It 
is an essential topic in studies with a feminist perspective, but how is 
it seen from a communication perspective?

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